Hatpin protector



F. H. GEORGE.

HATPm: Poec'o.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE IB, I92I.

El 3:2359 94B Patented Augx, 1922.

'FREDERICK HENRY GEORGE, or wasnnveroiv, marmer or GOLUMBI.

HATPIN PROTECT OR.

Application filed .Tune 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HENRY GEORGE, a subject of King of GreatBritain, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hatpin Protectors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hat pin point guards orprotectors.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a device whichwhen secured to either the inside or outside of the crown portion of ahat will readily receive and guard the pin point against excessive ordangerous protrusion.

Another object is to provide a device which will securely grip the pinpoint and prevent accidental loss of the pin.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be inpart described and in part obvious as the description is proceeded with.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a front fragmentary elevation of the inside of a hat crownshowing the invention applied; and

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the invention partly broken away andpartly in section, shown attached to the inside of a hat crown, the hatbeing shown in section.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 denotes the inner wallor crown of a hat, secured to the inner face of which is a fiat strip orplate 2 of light sheet material, preferably fiber board. This strip 2 isfastened to the hat by means of small flat-headed bolts 3 and nuts 4 inan obvious manner.

Secured to the plate 2 is a preferably rectangular box like structure 6formed with end Hanges 17 adapted to receive any suitable fasteningmeans such as rivets 5 or the like. The structure 6 which is preferablymade of light spring material is subdivided into funnel shapedcompartments 7, having rectangular outer ends or mouths, the edges 8 ofwhich are beveled or rounded to defleet the point of the pin 9.

The inner ends of the funnel shaped compartments 7 are formed withrestricted openings 10 of sufficient size to permit slight Specificationof Letters Patent.

Fat-rented su, S, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 478,570.

penetration of the pin point but prevent passage of the shank of the pintherethrough. Means are provided in each compartment 7 for gripping theshank of the pin adjacent its point, comprising spring gripping fingers11, cut from the walls of the compartments and pressed inwardlytherefrom towards a common center. Two or more such fingers will beprovided each compartment. s

In practice the user inserts the pin point through one side of the crownof the hat, an eye (not shown) being preferably provided for thispurpose, and thence across the opposite side of the hat crown, where thepin point will enter one of the funnel shaped compartments 7 and beguided into the restricted opening 1() thereof. The 11 being curved atspring gripping fingers their outer or free ends, as illustrated inFigure 1, will assist in guiding the pin to the openings 10.

It has been determined by actual practice that the user can readilyproject the pin point with suflicient accuracy to engage one of theopenings 7, even though the latter be madev much smaller and fewer innumber than shown in the drawings.

The purpose ofthe strip or plate 2 is to prevent the pin point frombeing accidently forced through and projected beyond the far wall of thecrown of the hat. By making this plate or strip of comparatively softmaterial such as libre board the pin point will not be broken or bluntedas would be the case if a metal plate were used.

Where my device is attached to a hat of frail construction it may happenthat in withdrawing the pin from engagement with the gripping springsthe shape of the hat may be distorted. In order to prevent this, Iprovide a threaded knob 20 which may be screwed into the hat from theoutside and which may be grasped by the finger and thumb of the user forthe purposeof resisting inward bending of the hat crown under stressincident to removal of the pin.

Having thus described my invention:

What I claim is:

A hat pin point protector comprising a box like structure of lightspring material, the bottom wall of said box like structure beingextended to form fastening fianges, through, each compartment beingformed and means for securing saidvflanges to the With mouths of.substantial area, the edges crown of a hat,xsaid box like strueturevbeof the mouths being beveled, and gripping 10 ing subdivided into funnelshaped'eompartfingers' pressed inwardly from thjew'alls of 5 ments havinrestricted openings in their each compartment. inner ends a apted toreceive the pin point In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. butpreventthe passa-ge of the pinthere- FREDERICKHENRYsGEORGE.

